Picture this. You're sitting at breakfast, scrolling the news, when suddenly headlines scream that a space rock the size of a ...

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Comet 3I/ATLAS will get closest to Earth on Dec. 19, and astronomers will be watching.

An odd star brightened for more than 70 days in 5 B.C.E., according to a Chinese text. The object may have been a comet that ...

Scientists have long believed that the Moon was formed by a massive object crashing into the Earth. But what was that thing ...

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A NASA planetary scientist has proposed what may be the first scientifically sound explanation for the mysterious Star of Bethlehem that guided the three wise men to the infant Jesus over two ...

As space exploration turns to the commercial sector, costs are coming down, but that doesn't mean that launching satellites ...

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The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is making its final pass, highly active after its Sun encounter. NASA and ESA release new ...